Fence-post.



' PATENT@ MAX 22, m06.

W. M. PERKINS.

FENCE POST.

'APPLIUATION FILED .s1-:m1 27. 1905.'

wh/Leases j www@ 1o skilled in the art to wiiicli'i; :ippoirmins to 3o thereto.

4o like ay keystone, the fito@ To all Himno J1 *1n/f1.3;oonnwn.' Bs it kuow'n thai. I, vilifimmai ivi. iEiiim-rs, o citizen of Mio United States, if-siding@ of. North iifizmcliostel, iii the oo'mivjv of 'i/Vfrbosil. md Stato of Indiansy have invented Corwin, new and useful lmprovomonts in ioiios Posts; :indi fioheiemydoo o if: Foil* i w izo be a foil, Cles?, mid. o i vbscript-imi. the invention, such as will smilie o maks and use tho soms.

- My invention islotes ifo oi'ifi posts and to moans for making im.

The objoot of the invsmgim" piioiiuoo :i

posh formed of plastio motorini, suini. posi; boliigo peculiar oonxmif alici hm/'img foinoio Aing moons of novel. form, to Wiiioli om oon *nootod devicos fol' securing iionco- .fii'vs to 151i@ `l post;

WVith the above sind. oihoi objsots in viow the invention @assists oi" sortais novei fowturos of ,construction :md oom'iiinotion of parts, as Wiii 'be horoinoi'tei uloi'o olomigv sob forth, and point-od out in the oiziilos.

In the accompanying; c swings E havo shown the msioiod fofm of my invi-aiiion. L

n said drawings, Figui@ l o poispootivo vioiv of o posi; jiormofi in sooo olmo with my invonion mid showing; ffmcisofoffifos sommeil liv. is :i voi'niosl section through, the post. Big. 3 is n. ,timLsvsisz section through said. post. Fig. 4i. is o -dosaii View of one 015th@ reiniioicingmrs. Figs. 5, o, :md are detail views of diiieroniifonos oi Wilfo-o11 gagging devices for uso in oorlmctioii with, sho post.

Referring to the figures 'by' iiiimoii'sls of ioil'- oienoo, 1 is the body of the (iovioo, tho somo boing outlined in oioss-sooton silbslioutiioli); finds Y hoiwif boing convexom ono sido of ti noso to tho other and the onbiio post boing iolod upwami from its lower oi imggfx sind. img ion gitudinaiiy thin tho post. als im moisi iis-irs `omis of the posi'. and or@ "boot ovoi', as shown, 3.64, so as to prevent longitudinal movemont of said. baars. Thos@ lio-rs are si'mngod, along; lines radiatin from h@ oligit'ulinal oontsi' 5o of the post, and that bar noaiost the ooiivox n, 5 Fig. 5 consists imi M stone dimos si. si mm3 .Iii

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with {vimm om i somo @on .Us pmi f omi m si miooi'. own in Figs. 6 anni 7 om vom oai thoi'oby by piemi Mio 011V r of' tho iinstoims loi".

Y, -iiivo mobi i maant, Lim-VIM img ,gg (Worms, mij; pisa-.mi

i :Liso tiro iostoiiii "ammi .filiali iz-iis 'Hppoiloi' ,io :oloiciod osjsot is founded ol oonvo. mi, i3d' piropos iiiamipuiatioii with :i #.i'owoi oi: offilvi suioiiio tool. By iiorl'ning bilis4 fsm'iisoo by imno tim iosmiiiig devices vo imo smoothoi ami,

' iiipy by' Mu. `iE :if mold. n

iiio posi'. heroin in: oliim-Mi con ho wsa-,iol for ioiioos oi Foi s.. oiviioi pumioss, ond, while l hofvo sii-owl and fissoiiiioiif tho i'oinfoloing bom as, mzonfiing mil'viioiy ,through them it wiii'iif-r uiidoisLomi timf. zhfgv @mi Mond into tho posi'. only (i l fiisi` noo, so als to prop-- orly voiniiroo it..

Y .Hoving thus dosfi'iiiod .only iiivsiitioiu, what I claim now, and lesivo to ssouio by Loo tors Partout, is

` misi sions postV kovsizono" ooiioii. :mii ha, ,m "m5 me 13o-lilo ic-.iuiiovcng -iisi's omts'ndii j longivudb Holly' t'iwi'otiuom, i, ifiloii iiiios mdioing from Lilo iongiwliiimi collider oi lioposL'-, tho omis Whois .simpod U V i the iii@ post amd. in il.`

'm posi; is iioviiiod simply by' iing o.

of said bars extending et right angles theieto lfind overlapping the ends of the post, staples having hooked ends engaging one oi the reinforoingbeis and embedded Within the post7 the other ends of the staples adepted to engege a. Wire and hold it upon one face of the post.

2. An aitiiieiel stone post keystoneslioped in @frese-section and tapered from the bottoni to the top one ioe of the post being convex from side to side, flat metallic reinforcing-b ais ext ending longitudinally tlifough the post along lines radiating from the longitudinal center thereof, said bars being' disposed adjacent the Centers oi the faoes'of the post7 staples embedded Within the curved W. E. SHAFFER, FRED' A. SANDOZ. 

